DIY Flatbed Build [part 1]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2021
- I build a custom skirted flatbed for my project truck: a Cummins/Eaton Fuller swapped GMC C3500HD.
Mag drill: amzn.to/3wfogSU
Annular cutter set: amzn.to/3x7b6XW
Carbide chop saw blade: amzn.to/3zd1Jrz
Miller Multimatic 220 AC/DC: amzn.to/38wX46R
Build series playlist: • Cummins Swapping a GMC...
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Hello Waldo, I don't speak English, I can only write this letter in English through a translation program. Unfortunately I don't understand you, but I really enjoy watching you work. Your handling of the tools, the welds, I am amazed. I wish you continued success with your projects.
Thank you!
That mag drill is awesome, you even get a free ball of steel wool with each cut!
Haha I hadn't thought about it that way! 😂
You can buy a MT adapter and use the annular cutters in a drill press as well. I just punched a bunch of 1-1/2" holes in 1-1-4" plate..
they are awesome bits of kit, Andrew Camarata uses his a lot. I reckon it'd be a lot less messy if you didn't use the cutting fluid bottle and just squirted a little bit of oil or cutting fluid from an oil can or squeeze bottle during the drilling... just my two cents' worth!
I used to work as a blacksmith and make these things. I live in Iran, but now I work with trucks and I changed my job.
You are a great card and you have no words to be successful.👍👍👍👏👏👏❤❤❤👌
Welding in shorts and a T-shirt now that’s a man right there. Seriously subbing to your channel.
Thanks for the sub! I did get quite a welding sunburn though 😂
Waldo. When this is done you will be able to say with pride that YOU built this truck ! 95% alone in an open shop on a dirt floor ! Fantastic work ! We are on heat warning all week here, 112 plus for the next week, so , I will be watching videos. 🌞🌵
Good to hear from you, Scott! Try to stay cool! I'd be staying inside too if it were that hot 😂
One look at the thumbnail image confirmed that this was going to be something special!
What a joy to see an interesting presenter whom is also a superb fabricator as he takes the viewers through his build process!
I particularly appreciated your meticulously precise craftsmanship (okay, the taillight positioning apart!) and your expertise shines through as you make it all look so straightforward!
Watching the headache rack come together was especially good, seeing the precision cut angles of the top bar align perfectly with the uprights!
This really was a fabrication masterclasd, one which I've eagerly subscribed to and I look forward to seeing your back catalogue, particularly on this truck.
Thank you so much for the sub and for the kind words! 😃
After working with metal all my life I can say without a doubt that you are a very talented craftsman!
I really like your calm demeanor, yet you’re obviously skilled at these projects.
I especially like that you share the material specifications (thickness, dimensions etc) and the geometry of your fabrication as it progresses, as well as describing the tools you use and linking their sources for our convenience.
Thanks!
Just saw you on my recommended today. This is going to be one slick rig. I'm excited for you and for the next episode!
Thanks for watching! 👍
Fabrication used to be my job! Loved it, even the rough jobs. The sense of accomplishment is unreal
I love watching Patrick Bateman fabricate at night. Very peaceful and creative.
Very nice job. It is easy to overlook the effort that goes into making a video so that we can sit on our rears and appreciate the tinkering/design/fabrication. Thank you.
i love that he just doesnt stop at 10 min and have a whole episode/part
Great video, Waldo, you got a ton done! Thanks for leaving in the whoops on the lights; we’ve all made mistakes like that. I’m envious of the new mag drill as well, they make such a nice hole.
Thanks, Greg! Yeah, I figured the whoops would be good content 😂
Didn't read all the comments so this may already have been covered. When you overload a circuit breaker after a while it weakens, might be why it keeps tripping. Just a thought. Good job. I've done some fabrication over the years and really appreciate what you are doing.
I COULD WATCH YOUR DOG DO HIS THING ALL DAY / WHAT A GOOD LOOKING DOG / LOOKS SMART
Thank you! Yeah, she's very smart!
As always, AWESOME job! Love the detailed shots, nothing is overlooked. Explanations are clear and concise, and the entire project is well thought out. It’ll be a shame once this project is done, but I’m sure you’ll come up with something equally cool for the next one! Keep it up Waldo, LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!
Thanks for the kind words, Dave! Yeah, I definitely have to figure out what project is next. I'm open to suggestions! 👍
Man, I would have no problem trusting any of your work. Excellent job!
As my Dad used to say, "Thats gonna be jam up and jelly tight!!"
Thank you very much! 😂
Very cool truck project and the bed looking good already. I'm waiting for to see it totally ready, it will become an awesome. It´s nice to watch how your working. You don´t have a big nice shop, you building outside or in a shed. You use quite simple and inventive methods. I really appreciate the way you do it. Just keep doing that.
Great job Waldo! You have the right amount of perfectionism for fabrication
Thank you!
Brilliant job, and fun to watch. The gooseneck mount seems a be light for the trailer you have in mind. I kinda cringed when I saw the 6-8mm flat bar frame. I wonder if you reinforce it substantially in part two. Can’t wait to see both the trailer and and the truck hauling projects home. Nice one!
Definitely would recommend adding and extra attachment to the frame. Especially from shearing (side to side movement) in the middle or so. Even if you just use large U-Bolts, that’s how most flatbeds are mounted actually.
But otherwise looks awesome!
Fuel filler necks usually always cut on the C-channel as you did. Rarely have I seen us route them above.
Thank you for the insight, it's very helpful! 👍
@Mason Rootes, can you explain this a little further please "adding and extra attachment to the frame" and the use of U-bolts? Thanks
Was going to make the same comment. If you think about how the load from the 5th wheel ball transfers to the truck frame,…the load goes from the ball, to the cross member, to the subframe, where it then goes all the way to the front and back of the subframe where it’s finally bolted to the truck frame. Not a good load path. If he added a connection from the subframe to the truck frame at the midpoint, that load path would be much more direct.
Wow, looking sharp. Can't wait to see the finished product and definitely enjoying the journey!
Thanks for joining me! 👍
I’m impressed that you did so much by yourself here outstanding job ! Love your skills and tools looking forward to seeing it finished
Once again my favorite up and coming channel! Love the content brother.
Thank you, I'm glad to hear it! 🤩
Looks good, I was wondering about the wheels. Waiting for part 2.
Yeah, it looks a little silly with the sides covering the wheels 😂
@@WaldosWorld what kind of saw blade are u using to cut ur deck
Would make it a little hard if you get a flat
Good job Waldo great personality. You genuinely love what you do and you're very informative in how you share your skills.Your HUMILITY IS 100..BLEZZ#KEEP DA CHANGE
Warms my heart to see you young'uns doing steel fabricating
Best way to spend my break time
You're too kind! 🤠
Waldo, that bed is coming out even better than I imagined it would. Don't get me wrong, I never had a doubt that you could pull it off but damn man you are killing it. Looking forward to the next part.
Thank you so much! 😃
Very good, Great job. I love the fact that you speed up all you cuttings to lengthen the video and do your tutorial on how and what to do. N I C E.
This is awesome
We actually want to do this to our 1992 Ram W250 and you have definitely inspired us to go for it.
glad to see this video up. I just bought another c3500hd. This one has a 6.5 tho and is 84 ca. I plan to put a flat bed on it. Will make a nice addition to my business to aid my mechanic truck the trust 02 c3500hd with the 8.1l
Very nice, just like mine! 👌
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I would drill some 1" holes in those corner gussets for the headache rack. make for a great little spot to strap something down to. Really great looking build!
Fully agree. Nothing more disappointing than needing to ratchet something down with nothing to hook onto! He was also saying about installing a surprise for pulling the bed, might be incorporating it into the gussets or close by... Looking good so far though
I’m so happy I found this channel,, please hurry and get part 2 out✌️✌️
Thanks! I'm working on it 🤠
I am so glad I found this channel! So informative and entertaining!!!
Looks great so far, looking forward to part 2.
Thank you very much!
Oh wow Waldo that looks amazing!! Love that headache rack!! I keep forgetting to tell you that I laugh at your opening with the hammers and you saying persuading. Those persuaders are the handiest things in the toolbox. Lol. The mag drill is amazing. Great call on getting that. Can’t wait for next part, hopefully Aspen has the chipmunk problem under control by then!! Thank you for sharing this build with all of us!!
Thanks, Pete! My pellet rifle is getting most of the chipmunks, but Aspen's having fun trying 😂
@@WaldosWorld 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great build, looking forward to the paint.
Awesome job btw. The symmetry of all the lights came out clean looking
You’ve done a really good job! I just finished building a flatbed dump for my pickup on my channel. Definitely not an easy task but definitely worth doing it yourself!
Thank you! Yep, definitely a good DIY project 👍
Have a different mag drill from the same company, going on 5 years now with good success.
Not used for daily work, but more than hobby use.
That's good to hear!
It is not a problem with the chop saw. Electric motors, for a split second, draw more power when starting. I don't know the circuit brakes in the US, but in EU we have some that are resistant to starting over draw. I think you can also buy an adapter that will give your tool a gradual start that might help with that.
Really liking your stuff, going back and watching some older videos I have not seen.
Thank you for watching!
Hell ya. Never clicked so fast. Love this build
Wow, I love the enthusiasm! 🤠
Man I fully agree with you on that one. Waldo you have given me so many ideas with my truck
A couple things I would do differently, I would install another fuel tank, I would do a bedliner on the deck and black paint on the rest, onboard air would be cool, some pin striping, internal tool box lights, lights in the head ache rack (bed lighting). Other than that it's perfect.
And either bring the gooseneck ball up to the deck or create a channel from the back of the bed to the ball it will be a pain jacking it up and down so much
I really enjoy your videos. You make things easy to understand.
Hurry up with the second video!! That was great!! You're quite skilled!
Thank you very much!
I honestly like the lights stacked on top of each other as the “mistake” but I really liked the very in-depth build of this flat bed!! Great work!!👍
Looks great! I'm not the biggest fan of the way a lot of flatbeds look slapped together, but yours looks fantastic. Can't wait to see how the side storage comes along.
Thank you! There are a lot of trucks around where I live that have homemade flatbeds that don't look particularly special. My goal is to have one that looks nice 😂
you know it's a good video when 30 minutes feel like 5. good job
Thanks!
I share this with gmt400 groups. Love the work. I welded a half ton into weight limits unknown... this original 1 ton HD frame is my template to mimic.
Wow, thanks for sharing! 🤠
Waldo, You are doing a great job. The only thing I might suggest is using louvers instead of round bars. I live out west and was amazed how cooler my 2 door cab was after installing a headache rack with louvers. I ordered my headache rack from Tumbleweed Manufacturing and they suggested I use louvers because I have a 2 door truck.
You know, I do actually really like that idea. I'm a big fan of keeping it cool 😂
Been waiting for this video and man it did not disappoint!! I really like the design of the bed and the mag drill :-)
Thank you, I'm glad to hear it! 🤠
fantastic ! I didn't realize how much a new flat bed would cost , you sure will save some $$ and gain great experience ! This truck is an ultimate Rig Waldo ! seriously !!
Thank you! Yeah, most companies don't publish their prices, but the $5k-7k is an estimate based on what I've seen 🤷♂️
Fabulous! Looking forward to part II.
Thanks!
Damn man just found your channel today. You have some amazing skills. You make the fabrication look insanely easy and man do you lay some extra clean welds. Nice work. I am going back to watch the truck build. Looks like a sweet rig. Thanks for the content.
Thank you! The welding machine does all the work 😂
Amazing! Very inspiring you’re building my dream truck!
Oh nice! Great minds think alike? 🤔
I got a wrecker version of his truck with a jerr dan wrecker box with a 12v ppumped cummins and the factory nv4500 whoever swapped the engine in mine tho shouldn't have been swapping engines
Cool vid to watch before tackiling a similar project. Great job. Cant wait to see more
Thanks, and good luck on your project!
Need Part 2 fast! Nice build. Glad I found your channel.
Thank you! I've filmed more than half of part 2, but these things take a while 😂
My dad has been fabricating for over 30 years, I’m pretty sure he would have a heart attack watching this video, but damn did it turn out looking good!
Thanks, I think! 😬
This is so cool dude!
I saw the vid recommended so i watched it and at the end when you said wait for next part. I was like damn. I wanna watch more and then saw the video was uploaded 2months ago. Im blessed❤ 🙌 🙌
Thanks for watching!
Looks great Waldo. Looking forward to the next video.
Thanks, Scott! 👍
I regret hitting the like button so early, because then I couldn't upvote again when you gave Christian and Vera a shoutout. On the flip side I have two favourite channels now. Great content!
Thank you for the like and thanks again for the comment! 👍
New, Came though my recommend feed, looks good. Can't wait to see part two.
Thanks for watching!
Damn thing did cut like butter 🧈
Great job brother. I really enjoyed watching this build. Looking forward to the next part!👍
When this project done you should build a 2 man tank . Maybe from an old skid steer or something.
There's an interesting idea! 👍
I just found your channel. This is a great build. I've built lots of beds and you're doing a great job. Im looking forward to seeing it finished!!
Thank you, I'm glad to hear it!
Amazing build. THose new tools really are doing the job. That Milwaukee hand help chop saw is pretty impressive. So glad we have 240V over here!!!
Thanks! Yeah, 240V is definitely nice to have! 🤠
@@WaldosWorld And that’s just single phase, our three phase is 415! But it’s rare and expensive so used car hoists and welders are cheap because they need a three phase input.
Looking good. Great design and well executed.
I would recommend a different outro song as it is copyrighted and you’ll have big issues with TH-cam down the road. Great video tho
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YES!!!! Stay far away from copyrighted material...
Generally, I believe TH-cam fingerprints the audio upon upload and won't even post it if there's such an issue.
@@ProleDaddy no it will still post u just dont make any money all your revenue goes to the song creators/ copyright owners
Just came across your channel and nice job on your build! I’ve alway wanted to build my flatbed. You have some good pointers.
Circuit breaker tripping:
One thing I’ve learned over the years is if you keep tripping your breaker then you may need to replace your circuit breaker. Over time they get weak and trip easily under load. That might help with your breaker issue.
Great video and new subscriber!
Thank you for the sub! Yeah, it's probably time to swap out the breaker 👍
@@WaldosWorld could also be the length/gauge of the extension chord. I sometimes have that issue with my compressor if I don't plug it in directly to the outlet.
I have found also that sometimes the wire loosens in the terminal block that overheats and trips it. Look at that first.
I couldn't help but watch this! Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That gauge cluster dash is badass. Never seen that before.
To prevent the 'birdnest' being created when drilling, release pressure on the quill every 10 seconds or so. This prevents strings from building up during drilling.
Waldo, thanks for answering my question in the last video. My kids thought I was famous when they saw your screenshot of my question on the screen! I really like how high quality your build is coming together. Have you thought of reaching out to Deboss garage and meeting up with him? It would probably triple your subscribers!
Thanks, Carl! Yeah, I think appearing on Deboss Garage is a great idea. Maybe later this summer when the truck is ready and also if Canada ever decides to let people move around freely 😂
Simple design yet great looking 👍🏼
Wow nice job, your video is very detailed. Am glad I bump into your channel.
"I built it myself." Music to my ears. Human? Yes. Silly? No. It looks fabulous. But, please still consider bedliner in lieu of paint; at least on the deck.
Thanks for the suggestion! I was planning on painting the deck, but yeah, a bedliner might be better for a bunch of reasons 👍
The c channel past the frome over the top of the tire needs to be cut off, there should be mounts from flatbed to frame in line with gooseneck !
Yeah, I wonder how much clearance I need above the tires 🤔
Be proud of that! Amazing work!
Thank you very much!
It looks really great! You should add some hooks for ramps, to allow you to drive a vehicle to the top. And a winch.
To reinforce the 2" hole you made you should have drilled the hole a little larger and used a thick walled piece of pipe that is what I would do
When I have to drill throug a beam for a cable pennatration on a ship I am required to put in a collar which has the same wall thickness as the thickness as the beam I am pennatrating
That's a good idea, thanks for the tip!
It’s going to be depressing when this build is complete……no more videos!!!
I'm sure I'll be moving on to the next project, whatever it is 😉
so what saw are you using. The only cold cut saw I have seen is the evolution, but you said you bought a cheap chinese one.. so how is the speed ok for a cold cut saw vs abrasive saw..
Man I love that Evolution Drill. Its just EPIC drill
Dude,now you are a MASTER...
You don't know how they do the fuel filler neck on professional flat decks? They do it poorly, they phone it in all the time... Of the 3 flat decks I have bought in my life all 3 needed me to redo the fuel filler neck
That's interesting to hear! It really does seem like a hard problem to solve. I guess I'll see how mine does, but maybe I'll add a second filler neck that comes straight up through a door in the deck. If I have a load preventing access, I can always use the side filler as a backup 🤔
Sooooo precise!!!! Good job👍🏻🏴👍🏻
Save some aggravation and add chain grabs through the deck area. Round key slot holes seen on most rollbacks. Really handy to secure things using chains, hooks or T hooks.
Just about done with my flat bed for my bucket truck. Very similar to your build. Good times
Very cool! 👍
I used to be 4-stroke but now I’m Cummins. Nice build!
Thanks!
This is a tremendous rig!
This thing has came along nicely!
Thank you! 🤠
This may be the best looking truck ever
I think the flat bed would look best as a flat black. to me it seems like that color bed would go good with a silver cab. also, Love the vide!!! keep up the awesome work!!!
It's crazy how many people are flat bedding their trucks.
Glad I got mine before the craze took hold
Very nice! I have seen those cool templates for use with plasma-arc cutters. They look like just the ticket. I have a handful of those 6” lights to install on an old utility truck I bought. The metal is thin enough that I will probably use hole saws and a jigsaw to install them. Great looking bed. Now for part two!
Great job,I really enjoyed the work!